back
9 comments
Unless you're the guy who invented fertilizer, you as an individual aren't having a big impact. Just find a place where they respect you and you don't cringe when telling people you work there.
In an odd twist of faith, the person(Fritz Haber) who’s method is used to get fertilizer, is also invented zyklon b and was used to have a different type of impact.
Yes. The book is fascinating and heartbreaking:

Master Mind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate Who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Maybe it's more like recycling.

Overall, there's probably a net positive in recycling in awareness alone, regardless of how much "recycled" material just goes to landfills.

And it's a way to signal socially to find like-minded people for a "safe" work environment. Instead of trying to avoid "toxic" workplaces, it's some kind of positive attribute to seek out.

Agree. I thought the leverage one was the odd one out - more ego than impact. I think high impact organizations are usually made out of individually low leverage people working together
Depends how you define "big impact". If you influence conversion rate for a product that earns €100 mil per year by 1% you would have impact size of €1 mil/year, which if you made it yourself could impact the World in any number of ways you wanted. €1 mil per year impact is at least to me quite big.
You've earned the owner a new boat after taxes.

If you made it yourself you could direct it in a way that makes an impact.

If "conversion rates" are involved the only impact you're having is on rich people's bank accounts. There is a world outside of web advertising.
This is a very small audience. Most want just/need coin and are jumping through crazy interviews processes as seen here somewhat frequently